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(Sep 30) Presentation by Mrs. H. E. Guro Katharina Helwig Vikør, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway (+GAL)
On 30 September 2015 at the regular meeting of Rotary Club Sofia International we had the pleasure and honor to host Mrs. H. E. Guro Katharina Helwig Vikør Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Bulgaria of the Kingdom of Norway. She presented on the topics of Norway and the EU and the EEA and Norway Grants. The presentation by H.E. was followed by a lively question and answer session.
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At the meeting apart from the regular guests of the club we also welcomed: Mr. Ivan Tenev – Adviser Cultural and Political Affairs Royal Norwegian Embassy; Mr. Akihiro Yamamoto a member of Rotary Club Osaka; Mr. Petko Slavov a coordinator of the Noh drama performances for the Days of Japanese Culture in Bulgaria; Mr. Michael Humphreys a member of Rotary Club Bruxelles Vesale; Mr. Roger Ward a member of Rotary Club of Monmouth and a Project lead for the Vocational Training Global Grant Project.
On 23 September 2015 RC Sofia International held its regular meeting in Hotel Marinela. The President of the club welcomed a guest form Israel – Joel Selpak, member of Rotary Club Modiin-Maccabim-Reut, Israel, District 2490. They have exchanged flags as a token of friendship. We also had the honor to welcome Frank A. Diemer a lawyer working in Bulgaria and a Rotarian from Italy.
On 17 September 2015, during her business trip to Istanbul, the Republic of Turkey, Mrs Kamelia Dimitrova attended a joint meeting of Istanbul Bayrampasa Rotary Club and Taksim Rotary Club. The visit happened thanks to the very good mediation of Mr. Alp Bolkal, a member of Rotaract Club Sofia International. The President of Istanbul Bayrampasa Rotary Club, Mr. Okan Tübek, welcomed Mrs Dimitrova. She gave the best regards on behalf of the Rotary Club Sofia International’s members and the President of the Club, Mr Joerg Schenk. There was a very interesting presentation in Turkish language about Rotary values, principles, and objectives, but with clear universal understanding that the Rotary mission is about providing service to others, promoting the integrity and moral values, and advancing world understanding, goodwill, and peace, as well as, very good opportunities for networking, friendship, entertainment and “KEYIF” (Turkish word for pleasure). The presentation concluded with the words of the founder of Rotary International, Mr Paul P. Hariss, who said, “Whatever Rotary may mean […], to the world it will be known by the results it achieves”.
On 16 September 2015 RC Sofia International held its regular meeting, presided by the President Mr. Joerg Schenk. He started with the introduction of the guests for the evening. Apart form the regular friends of the club, we had the honor to welcome Anzhela Popova form RC Laguna Beach, California, and Graham Turnbull from RC Woking District near London. They introduced their clubs and the activities their members are engaged in.
Rotary Club Sofia International held its first regular meeting after the summer vacation during which informal gatherings were held at Raketa Rakia Bar in Sofia. The President Joerg Schenk started the meeting with the introduction of some new ground rules. Later on the he announced the upcoming events for the coming months. We will have the honor to host the Ambassador of Norway on 30 Sept. 2015 and the Ambassador of Germany on 9 Dec. 2015.
Today at the regular informal meeting in Rakia Raketa Bar, the President of RC Sofia international and members of the club met with Ambrogio Locatelli Past President and Charter President of RC Morimondo Abbazia, District 2050 Italy. RC Morimondo Abbazia was chartered on 26 march 2013 and currently has 33 members.
On 27 July 2015 the President of RC Sofia International, Mr. Jörg Schenk, presented the fuser oven for 
On 15th of July Kamelia Dimitrova, a member of RC Sofia International participated in an informal meeting of representatives of Rotary Bulgaria and Mr. Salim Joubran, judge on the Supreme Court of Israel. Mr. Joubran, himself Rotarian, he served as governor of Rotary Israel (D 2490) and was a chairman of the Zeltner Fund for legal research sponsored by Rotary Israel and Tel Aviv University. The meeting was organized under the auspices of Mrs Nina Miteva, District Governor 2015-2016 District 2482 Bulgaria. Unfortunately she was busy this day because of other Rotarian obligations and the meeting was carried out on her behalf by Mr. Kalcho Hinov (Member of RC Sofia Vitosha, Vice President of RLI for South Eastern Europe, Israel, Middle East, North Africa) and Mr. Vladimir Kanev, chair of the International Affairs Committee (D 2482). The meeting was attended by Mr Joubran’s wife Nina Joubran and Mrs Sawsan Hasson, First Secretary Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of the State of Israel.
Today Rotary Club Sofia International held its last regular meeting for the Rotarian year 2014/2015 and the first for Rotarian year 2015/2016. The presidents Radka Stamenova (2014/2015) and Jörg Schenk (2015/2016) exchanged the presidential chain and were applauded by numerous members and friends of the club.
Rotary Club Sofia International held its regular meeting in Hotel Marinela today. The meeting was presided by Michail Sougarev, who shared with the members and guests the ideas that were discussed on the Board meeting of the the club for the next Rotarian year.
